To conclude, we think that it is extremely important to keep this principle active in the future rural development
policy, to the extent to which it permits the adoption of common European priorities in each Member State. The risk
in case of non-adoption would be that of facing a Rural Development Policy strongly unbalanced by a definitive
sectorial approach. This principle should consider not just the European funds, but also the national funds, a sort of
"thematic complementariness". In other words, if the Member States / Regions pursue their rural development
priorities using national / regional funds, this thing should be taken into account when the minimal thresholds are
established. According to the definition of the priorities for Rural Development adopted in this work, minimal
orientative thresholds should be proposed.